5 months in pictures!

First night in her crib - thank God for video monitors :)

Sister loves to bounce!

Such a big girl in her high chair

O-Balls make great pillows

Love our Mommy/Daughter cuddles

I can't end this post without smiles

and even bigger smiles, man we love this girl!

5 Months

Weight: 16lbs 8 ounces 
Height: No check-up appointment this month so we aren't sure
Clothing: 3-6 months, we are still lingering in 0-3 months here and there
Diapers: Size 2's
Feeding: Nursing every 2-3 hours during the day and 8-10 hours at night
Sleep: Braelyn has officially moved to her room and does all night sleeping and most naps in her crib.  I think this is the hardest transition for Mommy so far, but B was a champ.  We had a difficult time the first night and decided on a modified Ferber sleep schedule.  I wasn't comfortable with "timed" intervals so we went in and soothed when she got too worked up, I read a lot on different sleep methods and combined what we were comfortable with and that seemed to work great with her.  She did have a couple off nights but I think those were directly related to the bladder infection.

Updates: She is growing so much and I feel like every day brings something new.  She rolls both ways, she "scoots" and rolls to get places and this weekend she pushed all the way up and got on her knees but just kept face planting so for now no movement there.  She laughs and smiles all the time, we get so many comments on what a happy baby we have!  Braelyn has been recognizing and reaching too, it's so cute when Danny comes home and she hears his voice she is looking all over for her Daddy!  She has also been "reaching" when she wants you to pick her up or sit her up, it is SUPER cute!
  
Favorite moment this month: My favorite moments this month have to be all the Mommy/Daughter time we have gotten, work has slowed way down since it's my last month and I have had a lot more time to focus on baby.  I am so thankful for this with the transition to full time office work coming up, Mommy is already a mess.  


PS- I have to schedule an appointment this week to ensure the bladder infection is gone and to review the ultrasound results, I will update everyone when we have more information!

Hospital Visit

Last week we took B in to the Dr. with some symptoms of an UTI/bladder infection, the urine analysis came back positive with a bacterial infection.  Our Pedi felt that because of her age she should have a full work up to rule out renal reflux/genetic abnormalities, so to Children's Hospital of Denver we went.  We made both the ultrasound and VCUG appointments for first thing in the morning so that Danny could come too.  She was a rockstar patient and the tech's kept commenting on what a cute, smiley baby we had!

The VCUG results were given to us right away and came back negative for any reflux, we are so thankful, but we have to wait for the ultrasound results to come back.  I will absolutely admit that Danny and I sat up in bed talking for a long time last night and the anxiety this morning was not good.  Seeing our little angel in that hospital gown almost pushed me over the edge, when they pulled it out and asked us to change her into it I couldn't help tear up.  I feel so blessed that we were just there for a renal reflux test and ultrasound when so many little patients around us were there for things much worse.  Thank you so much to our family and friends for the support this week, I will update you when we have the ultrasound results back too!  Until then I will leave you with some adorable pictures of our adorable babycakes!

Solids!

5mth update is on the way, we are a little behind because of a few things I will post about soon.  In the meantime I will leave you with B's first taste of solids tonight.  Her first solid was officially homemade brown rice cereal.  We were going to start with a pureed veggies but because of the breakouts of eczema we wanted to start with something that had the least possibility of causing a reaction. 

She liked her bib better than the cereal but she did keep opening her mouth for more.